On Art and Artists（二）_经典赏析

On Art and Artists（二）

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On the great encouragement given by English nobility and

gentry¹ to Correggio， Rubens， Reynolds， Gainsborough，

Catalani， Du Crow， and Dilbury Doodle

As the ignorant savage² will sell his own wife

For a sword， or a cutlass， a dagger³， or knife；

So the taught， savage Englishman， spends his whole fortune

On a smear⁵， or a squall， to destroy picture or tune⁴；

And I call upon Colonel Wardle

To give these rascals⁶ a dose of caudle！

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1 gentry
n.绅士阶级，上层阶级
参考例句：
Landed income was the true measure of the gentry.来自土地的收入是衡量是否士绅阶层的真正标准。 Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.宁做自由民之首，不居贵族之末。

2 savage
adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人
参考例句：
The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。 He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。

3 dagger
n.匕首，短剑，剑号
参考例句：
The bad news is a dagger to his heart.这条坏消息刺痛了他的心。 The murderer thrust a dagger into her heart.凶手将匕首刺进她的心脏。

4 tune
n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整
参考例句：
He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。 The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

5 smear
v.涂抹；诽谤，玷污；n.污点；诽谤，污蔑
参考例句：
He has been spreading false stories in an attempt to smear us.他一直在散布谎言企图诽谤我们。 There's a smear on your shirt.你衬衫上有个污点。

6 rascals
流氓( rascal的名词复数 )；无赖；（开玩笑说法）淘气的人（尤指小孩）；恶作剧的人
参考例句：
"Oh, but I like rascals. "唔，不过我喜欢流氓。 "They're all second-raters, black sheep, rascals. "他们都是二流人物，是流氓，是恶棍。